Definition for Stealing:

• See THEFT .

Synonyms for Stealing:

• adj.

  •thievish (adjective)
  • Piratic,
  • sticky-fingered,
  • thievish,
  • Spoliative,
  • kleptomaniacal,
  • plunderous.

• n.

  •burglary (noun)
  • burglary.
  •depredation (noun)
  • laying waste,
  • spoliation,
  • sackings,
  • spoliations.
  •dishonesty (noun)
  • infidelity,
  • unscrupulousness,
  • Hanky Panky,
  • fourberie,
  • Double dealing,
  • insidiousness,
  • fraudulence,
  • cunnings,
  • wiliness,
  • chicane,
  • criminality,
  • sharp practice,
  • infamy,
  • criminalities,
  • chicanes,
  • indirection,
  • Hocuspocus,
  • Improbity,
  • perfidy.
  •extortion (noun)
  • ex action,
  • ex actions,
  • ex-action,
  • ex-actions.
  •grift (noun)
  • shady deals.
  •piracy (noun)
  • crime.
  •plagiarism (noun)
  • cribbings,
  • literary thefts.
  •smuggling (noun)
  • rum runnings,
  • running good,
  • rum running,
  • rum-runnings,
  • rumrunnings,
  • traffickings.
  •stealing (noun)
  • thievery,
  • stealth,
  • theft.
  •stickup (noun)
  • armed robberies.
  •theft (noun)
  • blackmail,
  • holdup,
  • heist,
  • robbery,
  • abstraction,
  • embezzlement,
  • banditry,
  • hijack.
  •thievery (noun)
  • filchings,
  • thievishnesses.
  •underhandedness (noun)
  • under handednesses,
  • under-handedness,
  • under-handednesses,
  • under handedness.

• v.

  •stealing (verb)
  • rustling,
  • Pilfering,
  • Fleecing,
  • Lifting,
  • heisting,
  • Defrauding,
  • Abstracting,
  • Extorting,
  • holding up,
  • Palming,
  • poaching,
  • hauling,
  • looting,
  • Blackmailing,
  • plundering,
  • Plagiarizing,
  • Swindling,
  • Robbing,
  • shoplifting,
  • nipping,
  • Pocketing,
  • Swiping,
  • hijacking,
  • burglarizing,
  • sticking up,
  • copping,
  • Embezzling,
  • Grabbing,
  • mugging,
  • Filching.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • pillage.
  •
  • meanness.
  •
  • stick up.
  •plundering
  • piratical.
  •thievish
  • light-fingered.

Paraphrases for Stealing:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    steal.
  • Proper noun, singular
    steal, theft.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    steal, theft.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    hestealing.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    stolen.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    larceny, looting.
  • Verb, past tense
    Flew, wanted.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    concealing, steering, acquiring, Distracting, Deflecting, Embezzling, Removing, diverting, bypassing, Everything, traveling, redirecting, averting, withdrawing, Addressing, standing, sting, operating, Distorting, Boosting, taking, Ticketing, moving, rushing, coming, shifting, seeking, Robbing, riding, history, driving, missing, poking, wanting, wishing, training, Having, prodding, going, drinking, looting.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    burglary, rustling.

Stealing Sentence Examples:

• " He's being very polite about it; but, of course, in his eyes I'm a common thief, stealing -" She would not let him go on.

• There's no law against stealing or taking by force anything you can get away with.

Homophones for Stealing:

• settlings, staleness, sidelong, stateliness, stillness, stalinize, scheduling, seedling, stalling, settling, stalinise.